This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War

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Label

This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War

Title remainder

death and the American Civil War

Statement of responsibility

Drew Gilpin Faust

Title variation

• Republic of suffering
• Death and the American Civil War
• Death and the Civil War

Creator

• true Unknown Label
• Faust, Drew Gilpin

Subject

• Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
• Large type books
• trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
• Burial -- United States -- Psychological aspects | History -- 19th century
• trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- American Civil War
• trueBooks to TV
• trueDeath
• trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects
• trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence
• trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
• trueLoss (Psychology)
• trueCivil war
• Death -- United States -- Psychological aspects | History -- 19th century
• trueAdult books for young adults
• Large type books
• trueBurial
• Burial -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• trueGrief
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence

Genre

• trueBooks to TV
• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

Reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God

Tone

• trueMoving

Writing style

• trueThoughtful
• trueRichly detailed

Award

• ALA Notable Book, 2009.
• American History Book Prize, 2008.
• Library Journal Best Books, 2008.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2008

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.7/1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E468.9

LC item number

.F385 2008b

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

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Target audience

adult